turq
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I currently have electric everything in my house. I am looking to replace both my stove and water heater with natural gas. The gas company will run the pipes to my house for free, IF I hook up two new appliances. It will cost $1600 dollars if I hook up just one new appliance. The stove hook up is easy. The water heater, not so much.
My current 14 yr old, 32" high, GE 47 gal WH is in my crawl space.( I notice a quite a bit of rust around the bottom edge band.) The floor to joist height is 36" at the current location. My crawl space door is 29" high by 35" wide.
My house is on a slope. I do have 48" of clearance at the lowest most corner of my house, which is approximately 30' to the current WH and only about 8' from the crawl space door.
After some Google searching I have come to realize that they do not make lowboy gas water heaters that will fit under my 36" joist height.
So my questions are, would it be feasible and cost effective to move the new gas WH about 30 ft straight line to the new location? Any recommendations for a minimum 40 gal WH that would fit under approximate 48"? Is it practical to dig out the floor an inch or two to help with clearance? What about venting? It would literally be in the corner, right up against the blocks on the downward slope of my house? Can the vent run ( power vent? ) elbowed out the top, between my joists and out the rim joist? I do have some vent windows that are right there as well.
Thank you for your help.
My current 14 yr old, 32" high, GE 47 gal WH is in my crawl space.( I notice a quite a bit of rust around the bottom edge band.) The floor to joist height is 36" at the current location. My crawl space door is 29" high by 35" wide.
My house is on a slope. I do have 48" of clearance at the lowest most corner of my house, which is approximately 30' to the current WH and only about 8' from the crawl space door.
After some Google searching I have come to realize that they do not make lowboy gas water heaters that will fit under my 36" joist height.
So my questions are, would it be feasible and cost effective to move the new gas WH about 30 ft straight line to the new location? Any recommendations for a minimum 40 gal WH that would fit under approximate 48"? Is it practical to dig out the floor an inch or two to help with clearance? What about venting? It would literally be in the corner, right up against the blocks on the downward slope of my house? Can the vent run ( power vent? ) elbowed out the top, between my joists and out the rim joist? I do have some vent windows that are right there as well.
Thank you for your help.
